Sicilian Dragon

[NATIONAL12]

Where did black go wrong.

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[NATIONAL12]

A very strong player posted following.

To me; you have put on a clinic on how to play the white side vs the dragon.

To have peice of mind, resign as manager of the Universe

[NATIONAL12]

And also the following.

By The Wizard (***) Date 2014-03-12 08:38



>20. Ra3

Come as a bit of a surprise ... I have 20.Ra4 as the book move with 20.Ra6 as an alternative

Regards

Wizard has possibly best book in world.

[zullil]

Where did black go wrong.

http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforu ... ?tid=28569

[pgn]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Bc4
Qc7 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Qc4 18. Ra5 Rab8 19. Qe4 Qc7 20. Ra3
a5 21. Bd2 Qb6 22. Bc3 Qc5 23. Rxa5 Bh6+ 24. Kd1 Qb6 25. Rd5 Rfe8 26. Re1 Qf2
27. Qe2 Qb6 28. Qd3 Red8 29. Ke2 Bf4 30. a4 Rxd5 31. Qxd5 Bxh2 32. a5 Qc7 33.
Rd1 Bg3 34. f4 Re8 35. Qb5 Re6 36. Rd7 Qc8 37. f5
[/pgn]

[jdart]

Black has lot of alternatives, one of the better ones being 12. .. Nxd5 (instead of .. cxd5).

--Jon